Manifold copy book or pad.



W. G. METZGER.

MANIFOLD COPY BOOK OR PAD.

APPLICATION FILED 0012 2, 1906.

Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

INVENTOR WITNESSES: U

ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM C. METZGER, OF ELMIRA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN SALES BOOK COMPANY, OF ELMIRA, NEW YORK.

MANIFOLD COPY BOOK OR PAD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. METZGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elmira, in the county of Chemung and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manifolding Books or Pads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the books or pads now generally used by merchants and others in taking manifold copies of orders, etc.; and the object of my invention is to provide means for 1nanipulating the leaves of the book or pad, with out touching the carbon or transfer sheet with the fingers, and yet permit the carbon sheet to completely overlie the leaves of the pad so that entries made on any portion of the original leaves will be transferred to the underlying duplicate leaves.

In the patent to W. F; Beck for improvement in manifold pads and holders, N 0. 647,934, dated April 24, 1900, there is described a book or pad of this character provided with a carbon sheet which overlies the leaves of the pad concealing the free ends thereof, said sheet being cut away at or near the said free ends to permit the leaves to be grasped and drawn out from under the carbon sheet without touching said sheet. For convenience in handling, this cut-away is located on the right hand side of the book or pad, as it is held for manipulation. It frequently occurs that merchants and others require entries to be made along the extreme right-hand side of the leaves from the top to the bottom thereof, and consequently it is found impracticable in certain such cases to provide the carbon sheet with this cut-away feature, since the cutting away ofthe carbon Will interfere with the transfer of entries, or important parts thereof, .from the original to the duplicate leaves. To overcome this'diificulty, I provide a carbon sheet for these books or tially in the manner illustrated in the ac- I companying drawings, in which drawn out from under the carbon sheet and 1 laid down upon said sheet in position for Copy pads arranged substan-' writing an order thereon and transferring said order, through the medium of the carbon sheet, to the underlying copy, cate leaf; and Fig. 3, a fragmentary view showing a modification.

Like letters of reference designate like parts-in the several views.

The sales-book, as illustrated in the drawings, consists of'a pad of leaves A comprising alternating original and duplicate leaves, said leaves being stapled together at one end at B to form a stub, from which the leaves are severed along perforated lines, as indicated at C. I

D indicates a cover or holder for the pad, to which the pad may be attached in any desirable manner. In this form of pad the carbon sheet E is fastened either to the holder or to the under side of the pad at the free ends of theleaves, as at F, and folded over said free ends so as to completely overlie the uppermost leaf. 4

In order to get at the first underlying leaf Without touching the carbon sheet, I make two cuts into the carbon sheet at one side, as at g in Fig. 1, and bend back the portion G between said cuts, thereby forming a'flap which, by reason of the crease exten rally assume the position shown for it in Fig. 1; thereby permitting the thumb to be in-. serted-beneath the carbon sheet at this point and placed upon the underlying leaf to draw said leaf out to one side, where it may be grasped between the thumb and finger and drawn back so that the carbon sheet may fall into place upon the next underlying duplicate leaf. The original leaf is then laid down upon the carbon sheet, as shown in Fig. 2, thereby pressing the flap G down upon the duplicate sheet and permitting entries made on the original leafover said flap to be transferred to the'duplicate leaf.

en an original leaf has been removed the flap will again spring-up intopositionto enable the next underlying leaf to be grasped. This flap may be formed on the carbon s eet at any point along the edgewhere the leaves may be readily grasped to manipulate the book, the leaves being more readily manipulated when the flap 1s located nearthe free or dupliing between the inner ends of the cuts, will natuends of the leaves: Instead of formingthe flap by two cuts into the sheet, it may be produced by one cutonly, the hinge forthe manipulate the leaves.

to secure by Letters-Patent is:

flap being formed by a diagonal crease in the direction in which the leaves are to be withdrawn, as illustrated-at G in Fig. 3.

A carbon sheet having a portion thereof at one side, ad acent the free ends of the leaves, out to form a flap, said flap when raised being ada ted to expose a portion of the underlying eaf for manipulatin the leaves, substantially as herein describe may be applied to any form of book or pad wherem the leaves areso concealed b the carbon sheet as would otherwise ren er it necessary to handle said sheet in order to What I claim as my invention and desire 1. The combination, with the leaves of a manifoldin book or pad, of a carbon sheet whichever ies the leaves, said sheet having I a portion thereof at one side adjacent the manifoldin book or pad, of a carbon sheet which we ies-the leaves, said sheet being provided at one side with a flap formed by' cutting into and creasing the sheet, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

' WILLIAM c. METZGER.

Witnesses:

F. E. FIsK, W. M. Coorna. 

